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| | THE KENNEDYS "Songs of the Open Road" Appleseed - washingtonpost.com |
 | | AS ITS TITLE SUGGESTS, "Songs of the Open Road," the new CD by the Kennedys, is a Walt Whitman-inspired sampler, a little traveling music for folks who share the former Washington-based duo's affection for rooted, if hardly scruffy, pop, folk, country rock and gospel. |
 | | Maura Kennedy's vocals are always lovely and often affecting, while hubby Pete makes evocative use of a small arsenal of instruments -- organ, electric sitar, uke, banjo, bass, glockenspiel and, of course, all manner of guitars. |
 | | Dylan fellow traveler Bobby Neuwirth's "Eye on the Road" turns out to be well worth covering and a nice fit for the Kennedys' vocal harmonies, as are the two ballads penned by the late Dave Carter: "Gypsy Rose" and "Happytown (All Right With Me"). |
| www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/28/AR2006092800491.html (378 words) |
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